Blab! (1997 series) (Fantagraphics) #17

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Number	17	17
Indicia Publisher		Fantagraphics Books
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand		Fantagraphics
No Brand	No	No
Publication Date		Autumn 2006
Key Date		2006-10-00
Year On Sale	None	None
Month On Sale	None	None
Day On Sale	None	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Price	19.95 USD	19.95 USD
Page Count	120	124 (note: total sum of story page counts is 124)
Page Count Uncertain	Yes	No
Editing	Monte Beauchamp	Monte Beauchamp
No Editing
ISBN		9781560977766; 1560977760 (note: valid ISBN)
No Isbn	No	No
Barcode		978156097776651995 (note: valid UPC/EAN)
No Barcode	No	No
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Sequence Number	0
Title	Blab 17
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	cover
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Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Jonathon Rosen (graphic and acrylic ?)
No Pencils
Inks	Jonathon Rosen (graphic and acrylic ?)
No Inks
Colors	Jonathon Rosen (graphic and acrylic ?)
No Colors
Letters	Jonathon Rosen (graphic and acrylic ?)
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Notes	Wraparound cover
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Sequence Number	1
Title	T.G.I. Friday's
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
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Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Christian Northeast (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Christian Northeast (painting)
No Inks
Colors	Christian Northeast (painting)
No Colors
Letters
No Letters	X
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Notes
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Sequence Number	2
Title	Contents
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	table of contents
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Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Notes	Indicia and production credits at bottom with a full-page background illustration.
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Sequence Number	3
Title	While You Sleep
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Sergio Ruzzier
No Script
Pencils	Sergio Ruzzier (watercolor)
No Pencils
Inks	Sergio Ruzzier (watercolor)
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters
No Letters	X
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	5
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Synopsis
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Notes	A wordless story.
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Sequence Number	4
Title	Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Christmas in Shacktown
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Matti Hagelberg
No Script
Pencils	Matti Hagelberg (scratchboard)
No Pencils
Inks	Matti Hagelberg (scratchboard)
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	Matti Hagelberg (scratchboard)
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	6
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Hansel; Gretel; Social Worker; Surrogate Mother; Ernst Stavro Blofeld
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Notes
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Sequence Number	5
Title	The Dutch Tulip
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Geoffrey Grahn
No Script
Pencils	Geoffrey Grahn (scratchboard)
No Pencils
Inks	Geoffrey Grahn (scratchboard)
No Inks
Colors	Geoffrey Grahn (scratchboard)
No Colors
Letters	Geoffrey Grahn (scratchboard)
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	8
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
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Notes	The story is told using full-page illustrations.
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Sequence Number	6
Title	Max Vesta Matchbook Artist
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Steven Guarnaccia
No Script
Pencils	Steven Guarnaccia
No Pencils
Inks	Steven Guarnaccia
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	Steven Guarnaccia
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Max Vesta; Norma La Flamme
Synopsis
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Notes
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Sequence Number	7
Title	Out of Nowhere
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Peter Hoey ?; Maria Hoey ?
No Script
Pencils	Peter Hoey ?; Maria Hoey ? (computer artwork)
No Pencils
Inks	Peter Hoey ?; Maria Hoey ? (computer artwork)
No Inks
Colors	Peter Hoey ?; Maria Hoey ? (computer artwork)
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	8
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Coleman Hawkins; Django Reinhardt
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	A text story combined with several illustrations
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Sequence Number	8
Title	The Pungent Gaul
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Greg Clarke
No Script
Pencils	Greg Clarke (watercolor)
No Pencils
Inks	Greg Clarke (watercolor)
No Inks
Colors	Greg Clarke (watercolor)
No Colors
Letters	Greg Clarke
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	The Pungent Gaul; Winston Churchill
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Notes
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Sequence Number	9
Title	Vintage Roller Skating Labels
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	? (anonymous)
No Pencils
Inks	? (anonymous)
No Inks
Colors	? (anonymous)
No Colors
Letters	? (anonymous)
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	12
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Synopsis
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Notes	Twelve full-page illustrations.
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Sequence Number	10
Title	Hurricane
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Judith Brody
No Script
Pencils	Sue Coe (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Sue Coe (painting)
No Inks
Colors	Sue Coe (painting)
No Colors
Letters	Sue Coe (painting)
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	10
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	George W. Bush
Synopsis
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Notes	Text combined with illustration.
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Sequence Number	11
Title	"From the first time I laid eyes on you, honey, I knew you would make the perfect EX." (Blab Cartoon #1)
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	cartoon
Feature	Blab Cartoon
Genre
Job Number
Script	Walter Minus [as W. Minus] (signed)
No Script
Pencils	Walter Minus [as W. Minus] (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Walter Minus [as W. Minus] (signed)
No Inks
Colors	Walter Minus [as W. Minus] (signed)
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Synopsis
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Notes
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Sequence Number	12
Title	Stone Maze
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	John Pound (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	John Pound (painting)
No Inks
Colors	John Pound (painting)
No Colors
Letters
No Letters	X
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Synopsis
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Notes
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Sequence Number	13
Title	The Wetter the Better
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
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Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Lou Brooks [as Brooks] (signed painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Lou Brooks [as Brooks] (signed painting)
No Inks
Colors	Lou Brooks [as Brooks] (signed painting)
No Colors
Letters
No Letters	X
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Synopsis
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Notes
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Sequence Number	14
Title	Monkey Love
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Amy Crehore [as Crehore] (signed painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Amy Crehore [as Crehore] (signed painting)
No Inks
Colors	Amy Crehore [as Crehore] (signed painting)
No Colors
Letters
No Letters	X
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Notes
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Sequence Number	15
Title	Migration
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
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Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Calef Brown
No Pencils
Inks	Calef Brown
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters
No Letters	X
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Synopsis
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Notes
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Sequence Number	16
Title	Little Bug
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Fred Stonehouse (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Fred Stonehouse (painting)
No Inks
Colors	Fred Stonehouse (painting)
No Colors
Letters
No Letters	X
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Synopsis
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Notes
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Sequence Number	17
Title	Sun Rays of Death
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Ryan Heshka (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Ryan Heshka (painting)
No Inks
Colors	Ryan Heshka (painting)
No Colors
Letters
No Letters	X
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Notes
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Sequence Number	18
Title	Haunted Eleazer Plot
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Esther Pearl Watson
No Script
Pencils	Esther Pearl Watson (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Esther Pearl Watson (painting)
No Inks
Colors	Esther Pearl Watson (painting)
No Colors
Letters	Esther Pearl Watson (painting)
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Synopsis
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Notes	Text combined with illustration.
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Sequence Number	19
Title	Li'l Egg Hunt
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
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Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Gary Baseman (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Gary Baseman (painting)
No Inks
Colors	Gary Baseman (painting)
No Colors
Letters
No Letters	X
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Synopsis
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Notes
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Sequence Number	20
Title	High-Ku Class of 89
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Mark Todd
No Script
Pencils	Mark Todd (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Mark Todd (painting)
No Inks
Colors	Mark Todd (painting)
No Colors
Letters	Mark Todd (painting)
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Matt Young; Pete Cahill; Mark Cozad; Tim D.; Phil C.
Synopsis
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Sequence Number	21
Title	My Garden of Tongue-Listing Twimericks
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Lou Brooks
No Script
Pencils	Lou Brooks
No Pencils
Inks	Lou Brooks
No Inks
Colors	Lou Brooks
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Slim; Snooky; Walt
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Sequence Number	22
Title	"Of course she has no idea I finished her portrait last week." (Blab Cartoon #2)
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	cartoon
Feature	Blab Cartoon
Genre
Job Number
Script	Shag
No Script
Pencils	Shag (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Shag (painting)
No Inks
Colors	Shag (painting)
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Sequence Number	23
Title	A Tribute to Bazooka Joe
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Bazooka Joe; Pesty; Herman
Synopsis
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Notes	Four blown-up scans of "Bazooka Joe" comics selected by Monte Beauchamp.
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Sequence Number	24
Title	Behold the Wave
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
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Genre
Job Number
Script	Marc Rosenthal
No Script
Pencils	Marc Rosenthal
No Pencils
Inks	Marc Rosenthal
No Inks
Colors	Marc Rosenthal
No Colors
Letters	Marc Rosenthal
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Notes	A small center-page strip superimposed over four-full page background photo images.
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Sequence Number	25
Title	I Have Dyslexia But I Don't Know Ti
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
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Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Brian Cronin (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Brian Cronin (painting)
No Inks
Colors	Brian Cronin (painting)
No Colors
Letters
No Letters	X
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Synopsis
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Notes	A wordless story.
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Sequence Number	26
Title	Fr Hennigan
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Brian Cronin
No Script
Pencils	Brian Cronin (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Brian Cronin (painting)
No Inks
Colors	Brian Cronin (painting)
No Colors
Letters	Brian Cronin
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Fr Hennigan
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Sequence Number	27
Title	Nine Lives
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre	Autobiography
Job Number
Script	Peter Kuper
No Script
Pencils	Peter Kuper (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Peter Kuper (painting)
No Inks
Colors	Peter Kuper (painting)
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Peter Kuper
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Sequence Number	28
Title	The Fetal Sunday Funnies
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Fetal Elvis
Genre	Humor
Job Number
Script	Mark Landman
No Script
Pencils	Mark Landman (computer generated)
No Pencils
Inks	Mark Landman (computer generated)
No Inks
Colors	Mark Landman (computer generated)
No Colors
Letters	Mark Landman (computer generated)
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Fetal Elvis; Sid the White Corpuscle; Colonel Placenta; Li'l Abnormal; Trick Fetus; Liverface; Flat Colon; Colonel Coathangerhands; Crappy
Synopsis
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Notes	Send-ups of the "Peanuts," "Dick Tracy," "Little Abner," and "Cathy" comic strips.
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Sequence Number	29
Title	The Poker Game
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Gary Taxali
No Script
Pencils	Gary Taxali
No Pencils
Inks	Gary Taxali
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	Gary Taxali
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Earl; Dr. Franz; Serj; Pepe; Bel; Misha; Gurdeep; Funly; Waste-O; XI-Pen; Del Vecchio; Wesley; Loli; Pete; Lars; Omar; Titly; Ferm; Tomiko; Harilal; Oji
Synopsis
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Sequence Number	30
Title	High Smile Guy In a Low Smile Zone
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre	Autobiography
Job Number
Script	Spain Rodriguez
No Script
Pencils	Spain Rodriguez
No Pencils
Inks	Spain Rodriguez
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	Spain Rodriguez
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	8
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Spain Rodriguez; Charlie Bolger; Elmer Dedsel; Ron Radetsky
Synopsis
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Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are edited in this changeset. in Cruisin' with the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #[nn] [ADDED]

Sequence 31

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Sequence Number	31
Title	Membrane
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Paco Alcazar [as Alcazar] (signed)
No Script
Pencils	Paco Alcazar [as Alcazar] (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Paco Alcazar [as Alcazar] (signed)
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	Paco Alcazar [as Alcazar] (signed)
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	8
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	A wordless story
Keywords
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Sequence Number	32
Title	Old Jewish Comedians
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Drew Friedman (watercolor)
No Pencils
Inks	Drew Friedman (watercolor)
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Joe Smith [Joseph Seltzer]; Larry Fine [Louis Feinberg]; Jack Carter [Jack Chakrin]; Al Lewis [Albert Meister]
Synopsis
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Notes
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Sequence Number	33
Title	Planet Hollywood
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Christian Northeast (painting)
No Pencils
Inks	Christian Northeast (painting)
No Inks
Colors	Christian Northeast (painting)
No Colors
Letters
No Letters	X
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
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Notes	Inside back cover.
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Comments

Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Steven Samuels	Editing	2012-11-01 09:38:07	Available	Editing
Steven Samuels	seq. 25-the title is spelled exactly that way	2012-11-10 22:25:05	Editing	Pending Review
Ramon Schenk		2012-11-10 22:30:43	Pending Review	Under Review
Ramon Schenk	Seq.9: I don't think the "(anonymous)" bit serves any purpose. Seq.25: "Ti" is an intentional typo, so I would put a Note in. Seq.26, title: "Fr"? Best, Ramon	2012-11-10 22:34:27	Under Review	Approved
Steven Samuels	seq. 26- As in "Father Hennigan." The title character is a priest. That's how the artist spelled it.	2012-11-12 07:43:38	Approved	Approved

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